{"id":1924,"date":"2020-04-01T13:02:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T12:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/?p=1924"},"modified":"2020-04-02T09:30:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T08:30:57","slug":"does-your-visa-expire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/2020\/04\/01\/does-your-visa-expire\/","title":{"rendered":"Does your visa expire before 31st May?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Due to the current circumstances, the UKVI has made some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents\">special exceptions for visa nationals in the UK<\/a> whose visa expires before 31st May 2020.<\/p>\n<p>You will need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents#helpline\">contact the Coronavirus Immigration Team (CIT)<\/a>\u00a0 by emailing<a href=\"mailto:CIH@homeoffice.gov.uk\"> CIH@homeoffice.gov.uk<\/a> to update your records and visa end date. In the email you must include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>your full name (include any middle names)<\/li>\n<li>date of birth (dd\/mm\/yyyy)<\/li>\n<li>nationality<\/li>\n<li>your visa type<\/li>\n<li>your previous visa reference number\n<ul>\n<li>If you have a BRP this is the number on the top right of your BRP card<\/li>\n<li>If your visa is a vignette (yellow sticker) in your passport, this is the VAF number stated on the vignette<\/li>\n<li>In case you received a short term study visa stamp on arrival, this will be written on the stamp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Details about why you can\u2019t go back to your home country, for example if the border has closed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You should then receive an acknowledgement from CIT and will be contacted again when your visa has been extended.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Once you receive the confirmation that your visa has been extended, please forward this to<\/strong> \u2013 <strong><a href=\"mailto:studentimmigrationcompliance@shu.ac.uk\">studentimmigrationcompliance@shu.ac.uk<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>with you student number and full name<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is very important that you do this, to ensure that your stay in the UK remains legal and you can stay enrolled on your course.<\/p>\n<p>In case you will need an extension beyond 31<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0May due to course related reasons &#8211; additional time to complete your current course or starting a new course within 28 days of your visa expiry, please book a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crmportal.shu.ac.uk\/schedule-appointment\/\"><strong>Skype appointment<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0with an International Experience Adviser via My Hallam.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions or concerns, and would like to talk to an adviser, please do get in touch! We are available for skype drop in Monday to Friday @SHUISST (11-12 and 3-4), just send a message with your student number and we will call you back \u2013 no need to book!<\/p>\n<p>The University support services are still available online and here to help! Further details about this can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shu.ac.uk\/current-students\/latest-news\/support-service-for-students\">https:\/\/www.shu.ac.uk\/current-students\/latest-news\/support-service-for-students<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Take care and stay safe.<\/p>\n<p>International Experience Advisers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Due to the current circumstances, the UKVI has made some special exceptions for visa nationals in the UK whose visa expires before 31st May 2020. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/2020\/04\/01\/does-your-visa-expire\/\" title=\"Does your visa expire before 31st May?\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":351,"featured_media":1932,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/files\/2020\/04\/map-passport-and-ID-card.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phg6as-v2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1924"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1936,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924\/revisions\/1936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/goglobal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}